Calloway County Alternative Program

Calloway County Alternative Program operates as a very small high school in Murray, Kentucky, operated by Calloway County. Current enrollment sits at 110 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 80% leaner than the state mean of about 558.

Calloway County comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,020 students; Calloway County Alternative Program is among them.

Looking at the student body, Calloway County Alternative Program lists that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest breaks down as 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Calloway County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Calloway County Alternative Program has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 110.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Calloway County Alternative Program higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Calloway County Alternative Program qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Calloway County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Calloway County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,706, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Calloway County Alternative Program is one of 13 public schools in Calloway County (combined enrollment of about 4,966 students).

Calloway County Day Treatment is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 547%: 17 students in 2018 compared to 110 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 110.0:1 in 2025.

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